With Bitcoin's recent big plunge and its steady recovery just in the last week, investors are literally scratching their heads to how most accurately on how to most accurately predict Bitcoin's volatile price. The weirdest theories have been developed as to what really drives Bitcoin's price. Now, the most widely used search engine in the…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced, in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Investigative Division, criminal and civil enforcement actions against three banks and six individuals involved in commodities fraud and spoofing schemes. What is spoofing? Spoofing is the practice of bidding or offering with the intent to…
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Continuing our coverage of the interesting ways leading Retail FX brokers are spending their offline advertising dollars, especially in the area of sports sponsorships, CySEC licensed RoboMarkets has announced that it has become the official sponsor of Muay Thai fighter and kickboxing world champion Andrei Kulebin. Under terms of the agreement, the popular Belarusian athlete will take…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that the Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) which was opened for application in January 2018 (SBFeb18) was oversubscribed. More than 6,300 investors submitted applications totalling approximately S$172 million, exceeding the issuance size of S$150 million. As a result of the oversubscription, some investors will not receive the full…
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Winding Tree, the blockchain-based travel distribution platform, announced a strategic partnership with both Zeppelin_OS and RSK, blockchain technological companies. Winding Tree removes third party intermediaries, in order to bring innovation back into the travel industry, while at the same time significantly reducing costs for consumers. Winding Tree has already announced partnerships with top travel related…
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Fusion, the Foundation providing an inclusive cryptofinance platform to solve the barriers hindering the widespread use of blockchain technology, announced today the start of its ICO for the FSN token. Fusion’s public blockchain provides a solution for the interoperability, scalability and usability problems within the various blockchain ecosystems, and makes smart contracts actually smart by…
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Equiti Group, the parent company of prime brokerage provider Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti Global Markets (Equiti.com), has announced today that it has been awarded a brokerage license by the Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) that allows the company to provide financial advisory and brokerage services in the local and international markets. Equiti is…
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State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today FX Connect, its FX execution venue, will partner with trade technology software provider BestX in order to offer transaction cost analysis (TCA) solutions globally. With a continued emphasis on best execution driven by regulation, market participants are increasingly looking for holistic solutions to be compliant,” said David Newns,…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that it plans to list Wednesday-expiring weekly options on the Cboe Mini-SPX Index (XSP), beginning January 30, 2018. Cboe’s new XSP Wednesday-expiring WeeklysSM offer the features of S&P 500® Index (SPX) Weeklys options, but at 1/10th the contract size. Essentially, XSP Weeklys options allow investors to efficiently…
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Stryking Entertainment, developer and operator of the innovative fantasy football platform Football-Stars, announced the upcoming introduction of its own Ethereum-based utility token STRYKZ. Stryking informed that it plans to revolutionize fantasy sports by integrating a cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. As passionate fantasy sports fans ourselves, we're aiming to extend our existing platform with the introduction…
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